From 6:30 'til 8:00 pm Mountaineer activity leaders will talk about these upcoming classes - what you'll need, what you'll learn, where you'll go, what it'll cost, everything you need to know. You'll get to talk to these folks, get your questions answered.
No pre-registration necessary, just show up, everyone's invited. Non-Mountaineers especially are encouraged to attend, learn about activities you might enjoy. Why spend winter sitting around inside when you can spend that time learning new skills, enjoying our beautiful mountains!
For more information contact the Membership Chair, Jim Harvey, at jim5car@yahoo.com.
The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour is Coming to Tacoma
Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011
The Tacoma Branch of The Mountaineers and The University of Puget Sound Outdoors Program are proud to present the Tacoma screening of the Banff Mountain Film Festival.
Tuesday, December 6 @ 7pm at Tacoma's Rialto Theatre. Tickets are $15 General Admission; $13 for The Mountaineers, UPS students, faculty and staff with ID, and can be purchased from the Rialto Box Office or by phone: 253.591.5894 or 1.800.291.7593.
The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour is sponsored by National Geographic, The North Face and Parks Canada. Proceeds will benefit The Mountaineers and support our mission-based recreation, conservation and education efforts in the community.
More information is available at The University of Puget Sound Outdoors Program web site.
Tacoma Branch Election Results
Voting is over and the ballots have been tallied for the Tacoma Mountaineers Board Officers and Trustees for the fiscal year of October 2011 - September 2012.
The newly elected Tacoma Branch Officers are:
Geoff Lawrence - Chair (1 year)
Margot Tsakonas - Chair Elect (1 year
Rick Yasger - Secretary (1 year)
Marian Shepherd - Treasurer (1 year)
Jim Feltus - Branch Rep to The Mtrs Board (2 years)
Gregg Gagliardi - Trustee(2 years)
Amy Mann - Trustee (2 years)
Tom Shimko - Trustee (2 years)
The complete makeup of your board is as follows:
Geoff Lawrence -Chair (Sep/2012)
Margot Tsakonas - Chair Elect (Sep/2012)
Rick Yasger - Secretary (Sep/2012)
Marian Shepherd - Treasurer (Sep/2012)
Jim Feltus - Branch Rep to The Mntrs Board (Sep/2013)
Gregg Gagliardi -Trustee (Sep/2013)
Amy Mann - Trustee (Sep/2013)
Tom Shimko - Trustee (Sep/2013)
Chuck Bredl - Trustee (Sep/2012)
Debbie Due - Trustee (Sep/2012)
Special Open House and Speaker Series Featuring Fred Beckey
November 18, 7:00 PM
Important Notice
Due to high ticket demand for this event, the venue has been changed. The new venue is the Kilworth Memorial Chapel on the northern end of the University of Puget Sound (UPS) campus.
Don't miss this opportunity to meet Fred Beckey!
The Mountaineers, Tacoma Branch will host its monthly Open House and Speaker Series at the University of Puget Sound campus on November 18th at 7:00 PM featuring the renowned climber, Fred Beckey.
In the words of Colin Haley, noted contemporary Northwest climber "Fred Beckey is the most accomplished climber of all time. The volume of climbing he has done, near and at the cutting edge, is leagues beyond anyone else. At an early age in the Cascades, Fred got on an express train of bold, difficult, adventurous and beautiful first ascents across North America, and the train hasn't stopped for 70 years."
Co-sponsored by University of Puget Sound (UPS) and Edgeworks Climbing Indoor Rock Gym, Fred will give a multimedia retrospective of his decades of climbing in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Additional speakers will add perspective to Fred's impact on the climbing community.
Beckey's accomplishments don't stop with his alpinist credentials, he is also an author of the classic three-part Cascade Alpine Guide published by The Mountaineers Books. Copies of all three volumes of the Cascade Alpine Guide will be available for sale, along with the additional Mountaineers Books publication Challenge of the North Cascades. Of course, Fred will be available to autograph copies of these volumes.
The term living legend is overused, but is certainly appropriate to Fred Beckey. Don't miss this opportunity to see, hear and meet our own Northwest legend. Admission for the event is $5.00 - tickets are available through Brown Paper Tickets, at Edgeworks Climbing Indoor Rock Gym, and at the Wheelock Student Center on the UPS campus.
University of Puget Sound
Tacoma, WA
Kilworth Memorial Chapel Map of UPS
* Colin Haley quote courtesy of Patagonia - appearing in Fall 2011 catalog
Tacoma Annual Awards Potluck Banquet Plus Fall Hiking Potluck
Sunday, November 6, 4:00 - 7:00 PM
Titlow Park Lodge, 8425 6th Ave, Tacoma, 98467
Bring your favorite dish to share -- salad, main course, or dessert
BYOB (wine and beer); Coffee, Tea, and Pop provided
Program:
Peak Pin Awards will be handed out to those ambitious folks who've earned bragging rights.
We'll celebrate this year's Service Award.
The Centennial Celebration Committee will tell us what's in the works so far for 2012.
Update on the clubhouse reconstruction project.
There is no charge.
PLEASE RSVP to Debbie Due, debdue@harbornet.com, 253-564-4188 by noon of November 6th.
Ice Climbing Course Starts September 27th
Contact: Gregg J. Gagliardi to register (gagliardi@nventure.com) no later than September 15, 2011.
This course is specially designed for Tacoma Intermediate Course students and graduates who wish to acquire new (or review old) technical skills needed to safely climb moderate to steep ice (WI/AI 3 to WI/AI 5). It begins with a review of fundamental ice climbing techniques for low angle ice (French technique) and progresses to climbing vertical ice (German/American technique).
The course will cover all basic aspects of ice climbing, including gear selection, crampon technique, ice tool use, anchor building, belay systems, rappel systems (including the use of ice threads), ice screw placement, leading strategies, and movement skills to increase efficiency and conserve energy, and safe ice climbing practices.
Branch Open House and Bradley Vickers account of his Guinness World Record Row across the North-Atlantic - September 16, 7:00 PM
7 pm - Come see our great orientation show of the programs and courses offered by the Tacoma Mountaineers. We welcome new members, prospects and friends; bring the family to see what we do including hiking, climbing and scrambling, sea kayaking, skiing, snowshoeing, first aid, navigation, avalanche training, and social and family activities. This will be a chance to visit with committee people in activities of interest to you.
8 pm - Bradley Vickers presents Guinness World Record Trans-Atlantic Rowing Adventure
Northwest adventure rower Bradley Vickers will share photos and lessons learned from being part of a 4-man crew that complete a 71-day Guinness World Record row across the North Atlantic from New York to England. This ocean crossing was made in a 29'x6' custom-built ocean rowboat. The team spent 18 months raising funds to outfit the boat and gain the open ocean and survival skills they would need to complete the crossing. On the ocean the crew rowed in a rotation of two rowers at the oars for two hours at a time, maintaining this schedule 24 hours a day. The only time they would take a break in the rotation was when they had to weather out a tropical storm or unfavorable seas. During these times all four rowers would take shelter in the 8'x5' cabin. On the North Atlantic there were encounters with container ships, British naval destroyers, Spanish fishing vessels, pods of dolphins, fin whales, lobster fishermen, sail boats and even an oceangoing kitten.
Bradley and his three other team-members are from the University of Puget Sound (UPS) class of 2005 where they rowed on the crew team. He is proud to call the Northwest home and has recently picked up the sport of sailing. Future ocean crossings will most likely involve the use of sails as opposed to oars.
Tacoma Clubhouse
2302 North 30th Street
Tacoma WA 98403
Directions
The clubhouse is at the corner of North 30th & Carr Streets, in Old Town Tacoma. Find us using Mapquest
Wilderness First Aid Courses Offered in October
The Wilderness First Aid Course is 16 hours and designed to provide elementary skills in remote care. Based on recommendations from the Wilderness Medical Society and evidence-based research, our curriculum focuses on making sound decisions regarding patient evacuation, as well as skills for extended care. The Wilderness First Aid courses are hands-on, experiential format providing students with the skills and confidence for making remote medical care decisions.
Wilderness First Aid is ideal for outdoor recreation enthusiasts, backpackers, climbers, scramblers, and wilderness travelers who either work or play away from definitive medical facilities and support.
Students will receive the Wilderness First Aid Student Handbook, from Remote Medical International and certification in Wilderness First Aid. The Wilderness First Aid Course fulfills all Tacoma/Seattle Mountaineers climbing/scrambling course first aid requirements and "MOFA refresher" requirements previously required under Mountain Oriented First Aid.
Wilderness First Aid - Starting October 1st. Sign-up
Contact Mark Hallman (253-756-7499) or Marty Babare (253-756-5576) for more information.
Sport Climbing Course Starting September 15th
The Sport Climbing Course is open to anyone who wishes to learn how to safely enjoy sport climbing, as well as those already accomplished as rock and gym climbers who wish to expand and round out their skills. There are no prerequisites for the class.
This is a perfect course for new members who have not yet taken a course but have an interest in rock climbing. Continuing students from scrambling or basic climbing courses are also encouraged to enroll, as are gym climbers who want to transition to setting up their own top-ropes and anchors while enjoying independent climbing on great sport routes.
Prospective and current intermediate climbing students are especially encouraged to take the course; learning to lead sport routes will help significantly with the learning process for leading the alpine rock routes that you will encounter in the intermediate course.
Whistler Singles Weekend: August 4th - 7th, Thursday - Sunday
Get your Passports ready! We're going to Whistler!
Have you ever been to Whistler Mt. in the summer? There's lots to do such as hiking on Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains, long paved trails for biking up to the Aquatic center nearby, Kayaking on the river through town, swimming, golfing, Zip-lining, riding the gondola and the famous Peak-to-Peak ride, there's geocaching and much more. Enjoy the numerous restaurants and tons of shopping in the Village. People from all over the world play here!
